1566
unspecified
From the collection of Catholic University of Leuven
Dominant colour
Joachim Beuckelaer. Rural market is a 1566 unspecified by Joachim Beuckelaer, a Early Baroque Italian work, held at Catholic University of Leuven.
Joachim Beuckelaer’s *Rural Market* shows a busy outdoor scene packed with people and food. A woman in white holds a basket of eggs. Chickens peck near a stall of vegetables. The painting piles up small details you could stare at for hours. Notice how the light hits the cheese and bread just right. That trick is called chiaroscuro—it makes flat paint look real. Check out another work by Joachim Beuckelaer to see more of his crowded scenes.
Joachim Beuckelaer (c. 1533 – c. 1570/4) was a Flemish painter specialising in market and kitchen scenes with elaborate displays of food and household equipment. His development of the genre of market and kitchen scenes…
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